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Jeremy Bentham [1748-1832] English

Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer. He is regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.

Happiness, Age, Alone, Good, Government, Knowledge, Legal, Nature, Power, Religion, Time

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Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.	Legal	101
Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.		102
It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.	Good	103
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.	Government	104
Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.	Alone, Nature	105
The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but rather, 'Can they suffer?'		106
The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of the earth pursue it consistently, and in a day's time they will have turned it into a Hell.	Time	107
He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.		108
All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.		109
Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.		110
The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.	Power	111
The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.	Age, Knowledge	112
As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.		113
The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.	Happiness	114
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.	Happiness	115
Every law is an infraction of liberty.		116
It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.		117
No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.	Religion	118

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